Browsing Posts tagged Snub-nosed monkey

Liang Congjie was a Chinese historian and environmentalist (born Aug. 4, 1932, Beijing, China—died Oct. 28, 2010, Beijing) who cofounded China’s first government-approved conservation group, the Friends of Nature, in 1994, and established the country’s nongovernmental environmental movement.

Tibetan antelope---B_cool from SIN, Singapore

Unlike some international groups that favored more extreme methods of advocacy, Liang employed a gentler approach to preserving nature and thereby avoided antagonizing some members of the Chinese government. In addition to showing support for the official regulations of environmental protection, his efforts included urging officials to use existing laws to deal with ecological issues, launching the country’s first bird-watching group, organizing volunteer groups for tree planting in remote areas, instituting environmental education in primary schools, and publishing scientific children’s books about protecting the Earth. continue reading…

"Service Animal" Scammers (New Yorker): An increasing number of your neighbors have been keeping company with their pets in human-only establishments simply by claiming that the creatures are their licensed companion animals and are necessary to their mental well-being.

Why London’s pig café pop-up is a terrible idea for pigs: Teacup pigs are adorable. Unfortunately, they’re also a complete fabrication. But that isn’t stopping a local London specialty breeder and Yelp from putting on an adoption event to educate the public on “proper” micro pig care.